Numbering-machine.



NO.789,114. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. EKG.BATES.

NUMBBRING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 7.1904.

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w R; WlTNESSES: 1 INVENTOR Mu fim BY y W /%4' ATTORNEYS No. 789,114.PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. E. G. BATES. NUMBERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7. 1904.

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UNTTED V STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT EETcE.'

EDWIN G. BATES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE BATES MAOHIN ECOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NET/V JERSEY.

NUlVlBERING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,114, dated. May 2,1905.

Application filed July '7, 1904. Serial No- 215,613.

To a 7071,0717, 7115 may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. BATES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Numbering-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in numbering-machines,- andparticularly to hand-operated numbering-machines.

My invention consists in certain improvements to the operatingmechanism, the ink pad mechanism, the construction of the inkpad holder,and its means of attachment to the carrier and to certain details ofconstruction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

I will now proceed to describe a numbering-machine embodying myinvention and will then point out the novel features in the claims. i

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of anumbering-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of thesame. -Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the operating parts of themachine and in central vertical section through the supporting-frame andhandpiece. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, except that the parts areshown in their depressed or printing positions. Fig. 5 is a detail viewin perspective of the ink-pad box. Fig. 6 is a detail View showing thelocking-disk for the wheel-carrier. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views ofthe blanks which when struck up and connected together form the rockingmember which constitutes a support for the ink-pad carrier and a shieldfor the numbering-head when in its retracted position.

The stationary frame of the machine comprises an inverted-U-shaped bodyportion 1, a base-plate 2, and a tubular extension 3. The U-shaped body1 has a horizontal portion 4 and two perpendicular legs or standards 5.The legs or standards 5 have grooves 6 on their inner faces to receivethe ends of the wheel-carrying shaft to be presently explained. Thehorizontal portion 4 has a boss centrally disposed upon the upper sidethereof, and the tubular extension 3 is fitted into the said boss.

The wheel-carrier comprises a frame 7 and a stem 8. The stem 8 passes upthrough a perforation 9 in the horizontal portion 4 of the frame andthrough the tubular extension 3. The outside diameter of the stem 8 isless than the inside diameter of the tubular extension 3, and a spring10 is received and housed between the said stem and tubular extension,as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. A handpiece 11 issecured to the end of the stem 8, conveniently by a screw-threadedengagement, and the said handpiece is counterbored at 12 to receive thetubular extension and to permit free reciprocal movement of thehandpiece and wheel-carrier. A washer 13 is preferablyprovided at thebase of the counterbore, against which one end of the spring 10 isarranged to bear, the other end ofthe said springbearing against theshoulder 14, formed. in the frame. Pressure upon the top of thehandpiece 11 will depress same against the tension of the spring 10,forcing the wheel-carrier down to the printing position in a manner wellknown to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains.Then the handpiece is so depressed, it telescopes the extension 3, saidextension forming a shield or housing for the spring 10 and stem 8, butin no way impeding the free reciprocation of the parts. The stem 8 isnotched at a point intermediate its length, so as to form an abutment15. A disk 16, of a diameter somewhat greater than the width of the bodyportion 1 of the framework, is pivotally secured, by means of a screw 17to the under side of the horizontal portion 4 of the said framebody. Thestem 8 passes freely and concentrically through the said disk, thepivot-screw 17 being set eccentrically thereof, as shown. When thewheel-carrier is in its depressed or printing position, the abutment 15is about opposite the disk 16 and in position to be engaged thereby. Ifthe disk then be pressed by hand on the side of the machine at whichFig. 8.

is the abutment 15, the disk will be caused to engage with the saidabutment and the wheel-carrier held and retained in its depressed orprinting position. The disk may be disengaged from such engagement byhandpressure upon the opposite side of the frame, the disk beingarranged to project about equally on both sides of the portion 4. Ifdesired, the notch in the stem 8, which is provided with an abruptshoulder 15, as stated, may have its upper portion 18 tapered, so thatan automatic release may be effected by pressing the handpiece down to aslightly greater extent, forcing the disk outward by the engagement ofthe cam-surface 18 of the disk, and so moving same from the path of theabutment 15. Then upon release of pressure on the handpiece the partsmay be returned to their normal posi tion by action of the spring 10.

The wheel-carrier supports a transverse wheel-shaft 19, suitably mountedin the frame 7 thereof. The ends of the shaft 19 protrude beyond theframe 7 of the wheelcarrier and enter the grooves 6 in the standards orlegs of the body 1 of the main station ary frame of the machine. By thisconstruction the wheel-carrier is guided and is prevented from turning.The wheel-shaft in this class of machine is usually held stationary inits support, and the numbering-wheels 20 are mounted thereon to turnfreely under the influence of their actuating mechanism. This actuatingmechanism comprises a plurality of pawls 21, carried by a portion of thedevice I here term a rocking member. The rocking member, designated as awhole by the reference character 22, is pivotally supported upon thestationary frame by means of pivot-screws 23, which pass through thelegs or standards 5 ofthe frame and engage the said rocking member. Therock ing member comprises a substantially rectangular framework, whichis composed structurally of rear and front portions suitably securedtogether. The blank for the front portion 24 is shown in Fig. 7, whilethe blank for the rear portion 25 is shown in Both front and rear blankshave end pieces struck up rectangularly therefrom, the end pieces of therespective blanks arranged to dovetail, as at 26, in this instance thefront portion 24 being arranged with cylindrical recesses in its endplates and the portion 25 arranged with cylindrical projectionsaccurately fitted thereto. The two blanks struck up are those fittedtogether and may be subjected to another die operation, which will lockthe parts together, the portions 24 and 25 then becoming one integralwhole. As so constructed the rocking member 22 forms a guard orinclosure for the wheel-carrier and wheels when in its upper orretracted position and also forms a carrier for the operating-pawls 21and a support for the inkpad carrier 27. The pawls 21 are hung upon atransverse bar or spindle 28, carried by the rocking member 22, theouter ends of which bar or spindle project beyond the said rock ingmember and form pivots for the outer ends of links or rocker arms 29,loosely mounted at their other ends upon the wheelshaft 19. Links arepivotally connected at their opposite ends with the wheel-carrier at 31and the ink-pad carrier at 32.

In operation depression of the handpiece 1 1 causes the wheel-carrier todescend until the wheels carried thereby are brought into printingPOSitlOIl-t. 6., with their peripheries in the slot 33 in the base-plate2. In so descending the rocker arms or links 29 cause the rock ingmember 25 to be swung about its pivots 23, as shown in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. This effects a double result. First, the portion of therocking member 22 which carries the pawls 21 will be caused to describean arc struck with the axis of the shaft 19 as a center. This will causethe pawls carried by the rocking member to move concentrically withrespect to the wheels upon reciprocation of the wheel-carrier, wherebyan angular reciprocation will be given to the pawls, causing them intheir return movement to actuate the wheels in a manner well known,while the pivotal axis of the said pawls retains its proper relation tothe pivotal axis of the wheels. I will not describe in detail herein theaction of the operating-pawls upon the wheels, as such action is wellknown and forms in itself no part of the present invention. The rockingmovement of the rocking member 22 will at the same time cause thatportion thereof which pivotally supports the ink-pad carrier to moveoutward, as will be clearly seen by reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings,thus carrying the ink-pad carrier outward with it, and the relationshipof the pivotal axes 31 and 32 of the links 30 is such as to swing theink-pad carrier 27 about its own axis of support, so that it will bequickly and positively thrown clear of the descending type-wheels uponthe first operation of the descending movement of the wheel-carrier.

The ink-pad carrier 27 forms a support for an ink-pad box 33, in whichthe ink-pad 34 is arranged. The ink-pad box 33 carries a locking member35 and two finger-pieces 36 and 37. The finger-piece 37 is secured tothe box 33 and may, if desired, be a piece struck up integrallytherefrom, while the finger piece 36 is secured to the locking member35. The other end of the locking member 35 is carried by the ink-box 33and may be conveniently riveted thereto, as shown. If the finger-pieces36 and 37 be IIC pressed together, the locking member 35 will beingreceived between the bottom of the box 33 and the locking member 35. Thebottom of the ink-pad carrier is slotted, as 38, said slot arranged toreceive the locking member 35. W'hen, therefore, the inkboX is pushedinto position in the ink-pad carrier, the locking member 35, enteringthe slot 38, will prevent the same from being aeeidentally displaced,while to remove the ink boX and pad from the carrier it is onlynecessary to grasp same by the finger-pieces, slightly pressing themtogether, to freely withdraw the box. The pressing of the finger-pieceswill lift the locking member out of the slot and permit such freewithdrawal It will be obvious that the foregoing is but one embodimentof my invention and that the same is capable of many and variedmodifications within the spirit and scope of my invention, and, further,that certain parts may be employed in connection with other parts ofdifferent construction. Hence I do not desire to be limited only to theprecise details of construction and combination of parts herein.

hat I claim is 1. In a machine of the class described, the combinationwith a stationary supportingframe, of a reciprocating wheel carrier, arocking member pivoted to said supportingframe, means for rocking saidrocking member upon reciprocation of said carrier, an ink pad carrierpivoted to said rocking member and carried thereby, and means forrocking said ink-pad carrier about its pivotal support, uponreciprocation of the said wheel-carrier, such rocking movement beingsupplemental to the movement of the said rocking member carrying it, andthe means for rocking same independent of the means for rocking therocking member.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with astationary supportingframe, of a reciprocating wheel-carrier, a

rocking member pivoted to said supportingframe, means for rocking saidrocking member upon reciprocation of said carrier, an ink pad carrierpivoted to said rocking member, and a link pivoted at opposite ends tothe reciprocating wheel-carrier and the pivoted ink-pad carrierrespectively.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination with astationary supporting; frame of a reciprocating wheel-carrier, a rockingmember pivoted to said supporting-frame, an ink-pad carrier pivoted tosaid rocking member, and pivoted links connecting the reciprocatingwheel-carrier with the rocking member and the ink-pad carrierrespectively.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with astationary supportingframe, of a reciprocating wheel carrier, a rockingmember pivoted to said supportingframe, said rocking member comprisingfront and rear plates constituting a guard or protecting-shield for thewheels carried by the carrier, when in their normal return or restpositions.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with astationary supportingframe of a reciprocating wheel-carrier guidedtherein, a wheel-shaft mounted in said carrier, a rocking member pivotedto said supporting-frame, an ink-pad carrier pivoted to said rockingmember, a link pivoted at one end to said reciprocating wheel-carrierabout the axis of said wheel-shaft, and at the other end to the saidrocking member, and another link pivoted at opposite ends to thereciproeating wheel-carrier and the pivoted ink-pad carrierrespectively.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with astationary frame comprising a horizontal portion and two perpendicularlegs or standards provided with longitudinal grooves in their innerfaces, of a reciprocating wheel-carrier mounted in said frame, a wheelshaft in said carrier, said wheel-shaft having protruding ends arrangedto be received and guided in said longitudinal grooves, a rocking memberpivoted to said supporting-frame, an ink-pad carrier pivoted to saidrocking member, an arm or link loosely mounted on said shaft and pivotedat its opposite end to said rocking member, and another link pivoted atopposite ends to the reciprocating wheel-carrier and the pivoted ink-padcarrier respectively.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with. asupporting-frame, of a reciprocating wheel-carrier mounted in said frameand provided with a stem which passes therethrough, said stem having anabutment, and a disk having a concentric orifice through which said stempasses freely, said disk pivoted eccentrically upon said frame, andarranged to engage and disengage said abutment, and when in engagementtherewith, to hold said. wheel-carrier in its extended position.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with asupporting-frame comprising a horizontal body portion and two legs orstandards dependent therefrom, of a reciprocating wheel-carrier mountedin said frame and provided with a stem which passes through aperforation in said horizontal body portion, said stem having anabutment, and a disk of a diameter greater than the width of saidhorizontal body portion, eccentrically pivoted to the same, and providedwith a concentric orifice through which the said stem is arranged toreciprocate freely, said disk arranged to engage or disengage theabutment in said'stem when opposite same by pressum against theperiphery of the disk on one side or the other of said body portion,substantially as specified.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with asupporting-frame and a reciprocating wheel-carrier, of an operatingrocking member pivoted to said stationary frame, said rocking membercomprising two struck-up blanks having interlocking portions by whichthe two parts are connected together, substantially as set forth.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with asupporting-frame and a reciprocating wheel-carrier, of an operatingrocking member comprising a substantially rectangular box like structurecomposed of two interlocked portions having dovetailed connectionssubstantially as set forth, an ink-pad carrier pivotally carried by saidoperating member, and wheel-actuating pawls pivoted to said operatingmember.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an ink-padcarrier, of an ink pad box removably fitted thereto, said ink pad boxprovided with a locking member rigidly secured thereto, but comprising aflexible shank with an enlarged head, and said ink-pad carrier providedwith a recess adapted to receive the head of said locking member,substantially as set forth.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an ink-padcarrier comprising a base and two ends, said ends forming arms by whichthe inkpad carrier is supported and operated, said base having a recessor slot, of an ink-pad box provided about midway of its length with astationary fingerpiece secured to the side thereof and having aprojecting portion overhanging. its base, and adapted to be receivedwithin the recess or slot in the base of said ink-pad carrier,substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 28th day of June,1904.

EDWIN G. BATES Witnesses:

A. B. CARHART, O. L HALL.

